An L.A. Angels fan was comically beaten to a pulp trying to chase down a foul ball ... and the whole wacky incident was caught on broadcast cameras!!
It all went down during the Halos' game against the Royals in Anaheim, Calif. on Wednesday night ... when a dude's valiant effort to hunt down a baseball turned disastrous.
You can see in footage, the ball dropped down from the sky ... and, despite the guy in perfect position to make the play, it took a nasty hop and drilled him in the throat!